Libyan rebel leader storms off debate show

You want to watch the worst propaganda effort you have ever seen?  Even worse than the gang rape victim press conference? Watch one of the leaders of the “rebellion” in Libya throw a calculated tantrum and run off the set rather than enter into a substantive discussion on the “10,000″ dead civilians that he claims [...]

Cornel West on Obama’s Reconstitution of the Neo-Liberal Consensus Agenda

Samouni Family Responds to Goldstone Backtrack on Israeli War Crimes – Ken O’Keefe

Gerald Celente -The First Great War of the 21st Century

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Michel Collon about the intervention in Libya, English Subtitles

Why Is Obama’s Treasury Dept. Perversely Siding With Big Banks Against Elizabeth Warren and the State AGs?

by Les Leopold, AlterNet American families are fortunate to have Elizabeth Warren on their side, along with the 50 state attorney generals who are demanding reparations from the nation’s largest banks. Warren, who is the temporary head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (a quasi independent agency housed in the not-so-friendly Treasury Department) and these [...]

Wachovia Paid Trivial Fine for Nearly $400 Billion in Drug Related Money Laundering – Moving 22 Tons of Cocaine

from Naked Capitalism If this news story does not prove that banks are effectively above the law, I don’t know what does. The Guardian, in an account yet to be picked up anywhere in the US media (per Google News as of this posting, hat tip readers May S and Swedish Lex) reports that Wachovia [...]

Salaries for Florida’s child care officials are out of control, lawmakers say

by Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinal Florida’s privatization of child welfare services was supposed to be good for kids and taxpayers. But in the decade since the state began making private agencies responsible for the care of abused and neglected children, one cost has soared — the salaries of top employees. Child welfare executives throughout Florida [...]

The Military’s Secret Shame

by Jessie Ellison, Newsweek Greg Jeloudov was 35 and new to America when he decided to join the Army. Like most soldiers, he was driven by both patriotism for his adopted homeland and the pragmatic notion that the military could be a first step in a career that would enable him to provide for his [...]

Richard Goldstone Folds

by Scott Creighton Frankly, I don’t care how many Mossad agents threatened the lives of his children, in the end Richard Goldstone has betrayed all of humanity with his pathetic retraction. I just read Richard Goldstone’s “Reconsidering the Goldstone report on Israel and war crimes” and I have to say that I haven’t seen a [...]

Southwest Airlines, Flight 812: How Globalization and Outsourcing Nearly Killed 118 People

by Scott Creighton (just a quick note) Yesterday a Southwest Airlines flight, Flight 812 out of Sacramento, sprung a leak. A hole opened up in the fuselage above the heads of the 118 passengers at about 36,000 feet. One passenger texted his wife “Plane going down. Love you“ The plane dropped to about 10,000 in what [...]

Lies, Damn Lies, and Presidential Statements

by Lee Wrights, AntiWar In politics, there are lies, damn lies and presidential statements. Nine days after taking the United States into another immoral, unnecessary, and unconstitutional war based on lies and distortions, President Obama continued to compound and expand the deceit. Everything about this action has been a lie, from the claims used to [...]

U.S. agents were in Libya before secret Obama order

Mark Hosenball, Reuters U.S. intelligence operatives were on the ground in Libya before President Barack Obama signed a secret order authorizing covert support for anti-Gaddafi rebels, U.S. government sources told Reuters. The CIA personnel were sent in to contact opponents of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and assess their capabilities, two U.S. officials said. “They’re trying [...]

More Civilians, Including Children, Slain in NATO’s Libya Strikes

by Jason Ditz, AntiWar NATO announced on Friday that the first 24 hours of their command over the Libyan War has resulted in 178 sorties and 74 air strikes. NATO warships also stopped two ships in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya, but did not board them. At least some of the strikes hit a small [...]